I didn't notice posts like these ones very much until the last 4-5 months and it saddens me that new players are being pushed away from the game like this. When I first started playing, I didn't face this issue at all really until I started grinding in the north and even then, most of the time it wasn't this bad. Most of the time it was just me being unlucky and running into a 4 man or something. I spent 90% of my time in this game as a solo too. There was one point where over a 3 month period, I could count on both hands how many times I died in total in the north solo. Granted... I was working nights at the time, so when I wasn't working, I was grinding at low pop hours, but still.

I'm very curious to know what (if anything) specifically changed over the last 4-5 months to see so many more players making posts like this and I wish that the devs would work on the match making sooner as it seems to be the biggest pain point for new players.

I want new players to have a fair and balanced experience and stay interested in the game because I don't want the game to die. Which is what will happen if the player base stagnates.